Countries
Malaysia, Mauritius, Puducherry, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
Georgia
  
National Language
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tamil Nadu
  
Azerbaijan, Georgia, Iran, Israel, Russia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of America
  
Second Language
Andaman and Nicobar Islands, kerala, Puducherry
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Speaking Continents
Asia
  
Asia, Europe
  
Minority Language
Canada, Malaysia, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
  
Not spoken in any of the countries
  
Regulated By
Official language Commission of Government of Tamil Nadu, Thanjavur Tamil University
  
Cabinet of Georgia
  
Interesting Facts
- Tamil is the oldest language in the world. Tamil was spoken in South India more than 5000 years ago.
- The first legally recognized Classical Language of India is Tamil.
- Georgian language has borrowed many words from Arabic, Persian and Turkish languages.
- Georgian language does not distinguish between 'he/him', 'she/her' and 'it', only masculine form is used.
  
Similar To
Malayalam
  
Not Available
  
Derived From
Not Available
  
Anatolian Languages
  
Alphabets in
Tamil-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Georgian-Alphabets.jpg#200
  
Phonology
  
  
Scripts
Tamil
  
Arabic, Georgian script
  
Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Left-To-Right, Horizontal
  
Hard to Learn
  
  
Hello
வணக்கம் (Vanakkam)
  
გამარჯობა (gamarjoba)
  
Thank You
நன்றி (Naṉṟi)
  
გმადლობთ (gmadlobt)
  
How Are You?
நீங்கள் எப்படி இருக்கிறீர்கள்? (Nīṅkaḷ eppaṭi irukkiṟīrkaḷ?)
  
როგორა ხარ? (rogora khar?)
  
Good Night
நல்ல இரவு (Good night) / irravu vanakkam (Good night)
  
ძილი ნებისა (dzili nebisa)
  
Good Evening
நல்ல மாலை (Nalla mālai)/ மாலை (irravu vanakkam)
  
საღამო მშვიდობისა (saghamo mshvidobisa)
  
Good Afternoon
பிற்பகல் வணக்கம் (perpagal vanakkam)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Good Morning
காலை வணக்கம் (Kaalai Vanakkam)
  
დილა მშვიდობისა (dila mshvidobisa)
  
Please
தயவு (Tayavu)
  
გთხოვთ (gt’khovt’)
  
Sorry
மன்னிக்கவும் (Maṉṉikkavum)
  
ბოდიში (bodishi)
  
Bye
சென்று வருகிறேன் (Sendru Varukiren)
  
ნახვამდის (nakhvamdis)
  
I Love You
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கிறேன் (Naan Unnai Kadalikiren)
  
მე შენ მიყვარხარ (me shen miq’varkhar)
  
Excuse Me
என்னை மன்னியுங்கள் (Eṉṉai maṉṉiyuṅkaḷ)
  
უკაცრავად (uk’atsravad)
  
Dialect 1
Kongu
  
Judaeo-Georgian
  
Where They Speak
Kongu
  
Belgium, Georgia, Israel, Russia, United States of America
  
How Many People Speak
Not Available
  
Dialect 2
Madurai Tamil
  
Kartlian
  
Where They Speak
Madurai, South Tamil Nadu
  
Kartli
  
Dialect 3
Tirunelveli Tamil
  
Pshavian
  
Where They Speak
South Tamil Nadu, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli
  
Pshavi
  
How Many People Speak?
78.00 million
  
21
4.30 million
  
99+
Speaking Population
Not Available
  
Native Speakers
70.00 million
  
15
4.30 million
  
99+
Second Language Speakers
8.00 million
  
24
Not Available
  
Native Name
தமிழ்
  
ქართული ენა
  
Alternative Names
Damulian, Tamal, Tamalsan, Tambul, Tamili
  
Common Kartvelian, Gruzinski, Kartuli
  
French Name
tamoul
  
géorgien
  
German Name
Tamil
  
Georgisch
  
Pronunciation
[t̪ɐmɨɻ]
  
[kʰɑrtʰuli ɛnɑ]
  
Ethnicity
Tamil people or Tamilans
  
Georgians
  
Origin
300 BC
  
5th Century
  
Language Family
Dravidian Family
  
Kartvelian Family
  
Subgroup
Not Available
  
Southern
  
Branch
Not Available
  
Not Available
  
Language Forms
  
  
Early Forms
Old Tamil and Middle Tamil
  
Old Georgian, Classical Old Georgian, Middle Georgian
  
Standard Forms
Modern Tamil
  
Modern Georgian
  
Signed Forms
Signed Tamil
  
Not Available
  
Scope
Individual
  
Not Available
  
ISO 639 1
ta
  
ka
  
ISO 639 2
  
  
ISO 639 2/T
tam
  
kat
  
ISO 639 2/B
tam
  
geo
  
ISO 639 3
tam
  
kat
  
ISO 639 6
tam
  
Not Available
  
Glottocode
tami1289, oldt1248
  
nucl1302
  
Linguasphere
tami1289
  
No data available
  
Types of Language
  
  
Language Type
Living
  
Not Available
  
Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Object-Verb
  
Not Available
  
Language Morphological Typology
Not Available
  
Agglutinative, Synthetic